Speaking to reporters during a Cabinet meeting in the Oval Office, Trump said he personally raised the request with Putin. (Screengrab/X/@RapidResponse47)United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to halt attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities for a week amid extreme winters. Speaking to reporters during a Cabinet meeting in the Oval Office, Trump said he personally raised the request with his Russian counterpart. “We asked President Putin if they could stop the shooting for a week,” Trump said. “Because of the cold, extreme cold… I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns.”“They’re being hit with, proportionately, the kind of cold that we’re being hit.